Ronda

For our second day with wheels we finally made it up to Ronda up in the mountains north of Marbella. It is of course very touristy but does very much live up to expectations. The road up there from Algeciras is also a very windy mountain road with many dramatic views. The big surprise was when, after driving for a long way we stopped at a lookout point and got a classic view of Gibraltar looking disconcertingly close. At least we passed over a ridge after that and couldn't see where we had come from.



Ronda itself certainly lives up to expectations and the bridge over the gorge is amazing. We enjoyed a not too pricy lunch in a cafe on the edge of the gorge. A bit of a wander round and we felt we had seen, as well as photographed, all that we wanted to and chose the other road towards Estepona for the return drive. It was a little wider and more used than the Algeciras road but still wound round the sides of the mountains dramatically.

Here is the postcard view to prove we were there. I did manage a couple of more interesting photos and once I have worked out how to link from Picasa to here, I will get some more pictures made available.


This last picture shows the windy road we had just driven down.